a. [ OE. uncouth, AS. uncūð unknown, strange: un- (see Un- not) + cūð known, p. p. of cunnan to know. See Can to be able, and cf. Unco, Unked. ]
To leave the good that I had in hand,
In hope of better that was uncouth. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Harness . . . so uncouth and so rich. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am surprised with an uncouth fear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thus sang the uncouth swain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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